Paige K. Boudreau wins 2026 WIDC BANFF Fellowship Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 2026, Vancouver, BC. – Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) organizers are pleased to announce that award-winning Alberta-based showrunner, writer, director, Paige K. Boudreau is the 2026 recipient of the WIDC BANFF Fellowship Award. Made possible through a long-standing partnership, the fellowship is designed to [...]
Multiple CSA-winning Tricia Black receives 2026 WIDC Advantage Award
The organizers of Canada’s acclaimed Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) program are delighted to announce that recent WIDC alum, Tricia Black is the recipient of the 2026 WIDC Advantage Award for her debut feature film, The B-Side: Dusk. The prize includes a one-year mentorship for Black, a director [...]
Lu Asfaha receives 2024 WIDC Feature Film Award
Vancouver, Canada (December 2024) – Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) organizers are delighted to announce that Toronto-based filmmaker, Lu Asfaha will receive the 2024 WIDC Feature Film Award, which includes an impressive $350,000 worth of in-kind services. Lu’s feature-length screenplay, They Echo, is a psychological horror about a [...]
2024 WIDC BANFF World Media Festival Fellowship Award Recipients Announced: Virginia Abramovich and Kate Green
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 6, 2024, Vancouver, BC.) – Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) organizers are pleased to announce the award-winning writer/directors Virginia Abramovich (Between Waves) and Kate Green (NarcoLeap) are the 2024 recipients of the WIDC BANFF Fellowship Award. Made possible through [...]
Directors Announced for WIDC Career Advancement Module Fall 2023
Pictured (L-R): Martina Monro, Teresa Alfeld, Kathleen Cummins, Rosie Choo Pidcock 2nd Row: Shonna Foster, Michelle D’Alessandro Hatt, Eva Tavares, Émilie Martel FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 2023: Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) organisers are pleased to announce the eight women and non-binary directors selected to take part in [...]
WIDC Presents Alumnae Awards at 27th Edition Launch Event
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 2023, Vancouver, BC. – The 27th annual Launch Event of the acclaimed Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC), held June 8, 2023 presented two awards to BC-based alumnae, and announced the call for submissions for the 2023-24 slate of WIDC programming. Hayley Gray is the 2023 [...]